Monhegan Lighthouse
Monhegan Island, Maine
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Location: Monhegan Island, southern approach to Muscongus Bay
Coordinates: 43 45 54 N 69 18 54 W View Monhegan Lighthouse in a larger map Previous lighthouse: Pemaquid Point Light
Next lighthouse: Franklin Island Light |
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Monhegan Museum in the keeper's house maintained by: Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association
Accessibility: The grounds and the museum in the keeper's house are open to the public. The lighthouse tower is not open to the public.
Station established: 1824
Present lighthouse built: 1850 Automated: 1959 Construction material: Granite Other buildings still standing: 1874 keeper's house, reconstructed 1851 keeper's house, 1893 oil house, cistern, chicken coop, two storage buildings Height of tower: 47 feet Height of focal plane: 178 feet Earlier optic: Second-order Fresnel lens (1856) Present optic: VRB-25 (solar powered) Characteristic: Flashing white every 15 seconds 
Museum curator Tralice Bracy speaks with visitors in the lighthouse lantern room, near the VRB-25 optic
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